Radiation detector built to detect queen bees marked with Radium.

Made:: 1942 in Kent

maker:: Gilbert Tomes

Tomes Queen Detector, a radiation detector built to detect queen bees marked with radium.

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 2003-57

type:: radiation detector

credit:: Tomes, Gilbert

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Radiation detector built to detect queen bees marked with Radium.

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